IP Library Granted Patent US 11,047,612
Granted Patent B2
US 11,047,612 · App. 16/744,978 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Built-in refrigerator including wire cover unit

Inventors: Min-kyu Kim (Seoul, KR); In-yong Hwang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Joong-ho Kim (Gwangju, KR); Jong-kyoung Bok (Suwon-si, KR); Yong-man Seo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ho-june Jeon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
F25D23/028E05D11/0054E05D11/0081F25D11/00F25D23/02E05D3/16E05Y2800/122E05Y2800/40E05Y2900/302E05Y2900/31F25D2323/024F25D2400/40
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Patent No.
US 11,047,612
App. No.
16/744,978
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A built-in refrigerator which includes a body; a door configured to open and close an inside of the body; a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door.

Claims (65)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a body;

a door configured to open and close an inside of the body;

a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and

a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door, the wire cover unit including:

a case mounted to a surface of the body and including a wire storing portion defined by a space between the case and the surface of the body to store the wire, the wire storing portion including a wire fixing portion limiting a movement length of the wire, and

an insertion end insertably hook-coupled with the body.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the wire fixing portion includes a protruding member protruding on an inner surface of the wire storing portion.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein:

a plurality of protruding members are provided, and

the wire is disposed above and below the plurality of protruding members in a zigzag shape.

4. A refrigerator comprising:

a body;

a door configured to open and close an inside of the body;

a hinge configured to connect the body with the door; and

a wire cover unit configured to guide a wire drawn from the body while a portion thereof slides according to an opening and closing of the door, the wire cover unit comprising:

a case mounted to a surface of the body and including a wire storing portion defined by a space between the case and a surface of the body that the case to store the wire,

a sliding member configured to slide from an inside of the case to be drawn to an outside of the case, and to enclose the wire, and

an insertion end insertably hook-coupled with the body.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the wire cover unit further includes:

a fixing bracket configured to be hingeably connected to the sliding member and coupled to the door.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein:

the hinge is a multi joint hinge, and

the fixing bracket is connected to the door through a portion which is adjacent to the door of the multi-joint hinge.

7. The refrigerator of claim 5 , wherein the fixing bracket includes a wire guide that guides the wire drawn from the sliding member to a wire connection terminal which is adjacent to the door.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7 , wherein the wire guide includes:

a pair of protruding pieces configured to be disposed to face each other; and

at least two or more fixing protrusions configured to hold the wire disposed between the pair of protruding pieces.

9. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the sliding member is formed of a soft material.

10. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein the case includes:

a storing portion configured to store the wire; and

a drawing portion configured to guide the sliding member when drawn.

11. The refrigerator of claim 10 , wherein:

the storing portion includes a plurality of protruding members, and

the wire is disposed above and below the plurality of protruding members in a zigzag shape.

12. The refrigerator of claim 4 , wherein:

the insertion end is hooked to a top surface of the body, and

a portion of a side surface of the wire cover unit is screwed to the body.

13. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein:

the body includes a coupling hole positioned in the top surface, and

the insertion end includes an inserting protrusion corresponding to a shape of the coupling hole, and

the inserting protrusion and the coupling hole are hooked to each other.

14. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein the body is screwed to the wire cover unit in an outward direction from a center of the body.

15. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein:

the body includes a body screw groove protruding from the body,

the wire cover unit further includes a cover screw groove in a side surface of the wire cover unit corresponding to the body screw groove, and

a screw is fastened to the body screw groove and the cover screw groove.

16. The refrigerator of claim 12 , wherein the wire cover unit further includes a plurality of protruding portions which are linearly in contact with a portion which is in contact with the wire in a length direction of the wire.

17. A refrigerator comprising:

a body;

a door configured to open and close an inside of the body;

a multi-joint hinge configured to connect the body with the door;

a case mounted to a surface of the body and configured to store a wire drawn from the body in a space defined between the case and a top surface of the body, the case comprising an insertion end insertably hook-coupled with the body; and

a sliding member configured to dispose a wire therein, be disposed to slide from an inside of the case to an outside of the case, and be hingeably connected with the door.

18. The refrigerator of claim 17 , wherein:

the insertion end of the case is hook-coupled to the top surface of the body, and

a portion of a side surface of the case is screwed to the body.

19. The refrigerator of claim 18 , wherein:

the body includes a coupling hole positioned in the top surface, and

the insertion end includes an inserting protrusion corresponding to a shape of the coupling hole, and

the inserting protrusion and the coupling hole are hooked to each other.

20. The refrigerator of claim 18 , wherein:

the body includes a body screw groove protruding from the body,

the case includes a case screw groove in a side surface of the case corresponding to the body screw groove, and

a screw is fastened to the body screw groove and the case screw groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2020
From: KIM, MIN-KYU; HWANG, IN-YONG; KIM, JOONG-HO; BOK, JONG-KYOUNG; SEO, YONG-MAN; JEON, HO-JUNE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051539/0358 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0000907 · Jan 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15861591 · Jan 3, 2018
Related Publication 20200149800A1 · May 14, 2020
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